CVE-2024-22165 json
Denial of Service in Splunk Enterprise Security of the Investigations manager through Investigation creation
published 2024-01-09 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-19761
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) versions lower than 7.1.2, an attacker can create a malformed Investigation to perform a denial of service (DoS). The malformed investigation prevents the generation and rendering of the Investigations manager until it is deleted.<br>The vulnerability requires an authenticated session and access to create an Investigation. It only affects the availability of the Investigations manager, but without the manager, the Investigations functionality becomes unusable for most users.
Patch / fix
- Splunk Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) 7.1.2, 7.2.0, 7.3.0
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- Splunk Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
-
advisory.splunk.com
/advisories/SVD-2024-0102
vendor-advisory
-
research.splunk.com
/application/7f6a07bd-82ef-46b8-8eba-802278abd00e/
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-22165
- NVD CVE-2024-22165
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